How To Pronounce Melancholy

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The noun melancholy comes from the Latin word melancolia, which means black bile. Melancholy was once thought to be caused by an excess of black bile in the body.

In its earliest uses in English, melancholy could refer to physical diseases, such as a form of madness. But by the 1500s, it was being used more often to describe a state of mind, especially a sad or thoughtful one.

These days, we might describe someone as melancholy if they seem a bit down in the dumps, or if they tend to view the world in a negative light.